Oriental Chex Mix

I’ve had this recipe for Oriental Chex Mix stashed away for some time now. I found it in a Pillsbury Bake-Off magazine, and thought it sounded like a fun variation of the traditional Chex Mix…which I love.  I added a tad more butter, more pretzels, and less chow mein noodles…to suit my taste.

Alright, to throw this together, you will need:  pretzel sticks, chow mein noodles, Wasabi peas, salted peanuts, Corn Chex, Oriental Ramen seasoning, butter, soy sauce, and garlic powder.

Heat the oven to 250 degrees.  Grab a big bowl, add 4 cups Corn Chex, 4 cups Bugles, 1 cup chow mein noodles, 2 cups pretzel sticks, and 1 cup of peanuts.  Stir together.

To prepare the seasoning, combine 8 TBS melted butter, with 1 tsp. garlic powder, 2 TBS. soy sauce, and 1 pkg of the seasoning, removed from a package of Oriental Ramen Noodles.  Mix well and pour over the dry ingredients.  Stir together.

Spread the seasoned mixture into a sheet pan at bake at 250 for about 50 minutes.  Shuffle/stir the ingredients around, half way through the cooking time.

After it cools, dump it into a serving bowl, and mix in a handful, or so, of Wasabi peas.  You can usually find Wasabi peas in the Oriental section of your grocery store.  I found mine at Wal-Mart.  FYI, they’re pretty dang spicy.  At least, the ones I had were.  But, they added a nice kick and a little color.

Oriental Chex Mix

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Oriental Chex Mix

Ingredients

• 4 cups Corn Chex cereal
• 4 cups Bugles original
• 1 cup chow mein noodles
• 2 cups pretzel sticks
• 1 cup salted peanuts
• 8 TBS. butter melted
• 1 tsp. garlic powder
• 2 TBS. soy sauce
• 1 pkg. oriental flavor Ramen Noodles seasoning not the noodles, just the seasoning
• 1 cup Wasabi peas

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 250 degrees.
2. In a large bowl, stir together the Corn Chex, Bugles, chow mein noodles, pretzels, and peanuts.
3. In a small bowl, combine the melted butter, garlic powder, soy sauce, and oriental seasoning.
4. Stir well, then pour over the dry mix, stir together.
5. Dump the seasoned mixture into a sheet pan.
6. Bake for about 50 minutes.
7. At about 25 minutes, shuffle/stir the mixture around on the pan, and cook for the remaining time. Let cool, dump in a large bowl, and stir in some Wasabi peas.